U+691C "検" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+691C "検" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) also used in Japanese (Kanji) and occasionally in Korean (Hanja), fundamentally meaning "to examine," "to inspect," or "to check." It is a simplified form of the traditional character 檢, composed of the wood radical 木 on the left, suggesting a connection to wooden slips or records, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its sound (often pronounced as "ken" in Japanese and "jiǎn" in Mandarin Chinese). This character is commonly found in contexts involving investigation, verification, and quality control, such as in the words 検討 (kentō, meaning examination or discussion) and 検査 (kensa, meaning inspection or test).